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I have justified all corrections and additions made to the Florence Biennale page in English, which is the only one to be in an awful state. All my edits are referenced to material published by external, reliable sources. The current page has offensive links to inexistent blogs. I should add that I am not the first one to have tried addressing the problem: according to your records other happy artists have troud throughout the years. And yet, the page in English is willfully left non-updated, with inexistent links, wrong or misleading information, and biased language because there clearly is a hater in your team of editors. That one only hater has the last bad word on many people is inconceivable. That Wikipedia allows this to happen is harmful to hundreds of different people involved in the exhibition, including me. I will prompt the organisation to take all necessary action, including legal action if needed, to adress what is no longer tolerable. Meanwhile I hope someone will bother reading my edits instead of deleting everything that even slightly changes a biased page with reference dating to 2001 at the latest.

Below are all the comments I gave to explain and justify the edits made. Strangely enough, none of them has been accepted, and yet I am an artist, educator, and scholar.

1 The Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, also known as the Florence Biennale is an art exhibition held in Florence, Italy. Since 1997 it has been held every two years in the exhibition spaces of the Fortezza da Basso, Florence. The previous wording is poor as a biennial is held every 2 years by definition. Rephrased and included link to the organisation that rents the venue. FB pays to rent that venue. This may explain the reason for a participation fee. The information is relevant, therefore.

2 LINK IS INEXISTENT AND ALLEGED CONTENT DISREPUTABLE, thus I deleted it.

3 Artists shown in the exhibition pay a participation fee between $2700-$4000 to have their work exhibited in the biennale. THE LINK IS TO THE FLORENCE BIENNALE FAQS, so it is correct, but not the information w reported which is arbitrary. Minimum fee is about 800 € and is higher depending on dimensions. The fact that there is a participation fee is not unusual and, according to the IBA standards, it is perfectly fine as long as the information is stated beforehand. The text referenced like this, therefore, is biased in its approach and content. The link is maintained but in the appropriate section of the text, “structure”.

4 The Biennale in its current form was begun in 1997 by Piero and Pasquale Celona. THIS LINK IS INEXISTENT so I deleted it. The information is correct, and I kept it in a restructured and updated text.

5 BOTH LINKS ARE INEXISTENT. Yet the wording from the non reliable source of inexistent blogs is misreputable and offensive as including the word ‘scam’. No wonder I deleted it.

6 Paragraph added to mention patronage from reputable institutions. The information is in the FB catalogues, published by a reputable independent editor. There is certainly nothing wrong with that.

7 History: update made keeping existing information about the founders and integrating it with info about the structure of the company (benefit corporation) and management. Info retrieved from the financial statements filed at the Florence Chamber of Commerce, copies of which can be obtained online by anyone for about 20 Euro. By the way, they show very limited profit. This info precedes exhisting info on artistic directors (one with link to his Wiki page) and updated text because Bellini is not in charge since 2015. The new curator of the 2017 curator, is a scholar currently in charge. References are to interview and review of that edition on international magazines. There is nothing wrong with this: it is a long due update.

8 Before putting any criticism you need to write about what the exhibition is, which is what I have done adding the paragraph ‘Rules, Costs, Guest Artists, and Prizes’ first. This is the basic info to know about when participating in a contest. My text retains referenced prior sentences and feedback the way it was also published (not by me) in another language page.

9 The word ‘Criticism’ denotes bias and a negative connotation. The title and the content must include bad and good, if both exist. This is what I have done updating a negative comment that dates back to 1999, which means 20 years ago! You know, sometimes things change. I kept that comment in, of course, but correcting inaccuracy: that person was a member of the Selection Committee, NOT a Jurors. Jurors ar happy, and have served for many years.

10 The last paragraph required updating too because the most recent feed back dates to 2010. It is still there, but I added a more recent one.

11 In external links I put the most recent article, by Art Magazine, on the forthcoming edition. This updates the only existing link to a 2001 article.

12 As for the remaining wording, I do not understand exactly what to do to fix the issues. But if you let me know I will be happy to do it.

I believe there is something wrong here because you are an artist too and maybe your experience was not good. However, this is not only about you: it is about many who are happy and are seeking an opportunity to emerge. So please, do not unreasonably erase this page, but help improving it if you wish.